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WEv H. ELLIOT. Magaziney Fire-Arm.

No. 224,522. Patented Feb.17, 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ELLIOT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,522, dated February 1'7, 1880,

Application filed December 27, 1879.

To all whom Ait may concern Be it known that I, WM. H. ELLIOT, of the city and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Magazine Fire-Arm, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object and nature of my invention are described as follows: The object of my invention is to provide a more convenient, simpler, and more practical magazine fire-arm than any now in use; and the nature of my invention consists in the use of certain appliances and methods, which are fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

Figure lis a vertical longitudinal section of my improved arm through the axis of the barrel and bolt, the section of the rear portion being through the axis of the left magazinetube. Eig. 2 is a horizontal longitudinal section through the axis of the barrel and bolt, the section of the rear portion being through the axis of the two tubes of the magazine. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of all of the moving parts or limb-work of the arm, represented in their relative positions. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the rear end of the bolt. Fig. 5 represents a bottom view of a section of the guard at broken lines o. Eig. 6 is a rear elevation of the butt-stock and magazine-tubes. Fig. 7 is a section of the rear end of a magazine-tube and a portion of a butt-stock and butt-plate. Fig. S is an elevation of the forward end of a magazine-tube. Fig. 9 represents two views ofthe connection between the trigger and sear in elevation. Fig. l() is an elevation of the carrier-guide.

a is the receiver, into the forward end of which the barrel b is screwed. c is that portion of the receiver into which the magazinetubes c are fastened or to which they are screwed. a" is a curved guide for the ball end of the cartridge, to assist in passing it into the magazine; b', the chamber of the barrel with a cartridge in it.

b are shallow spiral grooves cut in the bearing of the bolt; c, the bolt or breech-block; c', handle of the same; c", head of the hammer-rod, fastened by a screw, and extending' into the bolt; 0', shoulder within the bolt; d, hammer or hammer-rod; d, firing-pin or point of the hammer-rod; d, shoulder near the forward end ot' the rod; d", main spring; e,

washer between the rear end of the mainspring and the forward end of the sleeve e,- 6, washer between the forward end of the mainspring and the shoulder 0'",- c", joint and spring' of the sear g,- g, point of the sear; g and g", safety-notches on the notch-plate h; 7L', full-cock notch; h, rim on the rear end of the bolt; h, projection or portion of the receiver over the receiving-chamber; i and i', projections on the upper side of the sear; i and i, notches in the rim of the bolt; j, carrier-guide; j', pivot, and j spring of the same; j", extension of the same, which holds the cartridge against the upper side of the receiving-chamber; m, cartridges; m', followers; m, magazine-spring; iii/",butt-plate; n, screw passing through the butt-plate into a plugin the end of the right magazine-tube; n', washer, bedded in the rear end of the buttstock over the left magazine-tube; n, screw passing through washer n into a plug in the end of the tube; n'", bolt passing through the butt-plate and butt-stoel; and screwed into the rear end of the receiver; o, projection on the under side of the butt-plate; o', round nuts on the rear end of one of the magazinetubes; o, broken lines, showing the end of the other tube; p, iiange on the forward end of the magazine-tubes, which is screwed to the rear end of the receiver; p', portion of the magazine-tube, whichis iittedinto thereceiver 4^, connection between the trigger t and the scar g, and which is arranged vertically between the tubes; 1", spring-extension of the same; 7"', point on the extension which falls into notches rm; s, arms with projections 8 on the connection; s', spring which actuates the connection, and also the trigger; s", curve in the connection; tf, pivot ofthe trigger; u, shoulder in the lower side of the magazinetubes; u', spring; o, line of section; w, right and left curved guides in the receiver; t, lock which connects the trigger t with the connection o".

My invention refersito that kind of maga- .zine-arm in which the breech-bolt has a reciprocal movement in a line with the barrel for opening and closing the chamber and an oscillating movement for locking the same.

For a magazine I employ two or more stationary tubes, with their cartridge-propelling devices of the ordinary construction, which are located in the butt-stock of the arm and arranged side -by side. These tubes are soldered or screwed to the receiver, and, extending backward through the buttstock, are screwed to a plate or washer suitably bedded therein, or to the butt-plate, as set forth in my patent of August 12, 1879, to which'I make special reference.

The method and devices herein shown for operating the arm and feeding the cartridges from the magazine into the receiving-chamber will work with equal facility in connection with a magazine of one or more tubes arranged under the barrel, or with magazinetubes differently arranged in the butt-stock.

To charge the magazine the carrier-guide j has to be pulled out at the bottom of the arm and held in the position indicated by broken lines, Fig. 1. To facilitate this movement I pivot it to the lower part of the arm under, or nearly under, the mouth of the magazine, as shown in mypatentbefore mentioned. While the earlier-guide is held out of the arm the cartridges are introduced into the magazine in the usual way. As the heads of the cartridges pass the shoulder u in the lower side of the magazine-tubes the spring u causes the heads to drop behind said shoulder, whereby the cartridges are securely held in the magazine, as represented in Fig. 3. When the magazine is full the carrier-guide, on being released, -is carried back into the receiver by the coiled spring j" around its pivot j'.

When a cartridge is thrown into the receiver by the magazine-spring the carrierguide first directs the forward end of the cartridge toward the barrel, then lifts the rear end into line with the bolt, and finally raises the whole cartridge and holds it fast against the under side of projection h over the receiving-chamber. By this peculiar operation the loading devices never for an instant loose their hold upon the cartridge from the time it is released in the magazine till it is safely lodged in the chamber of the barrel. Consequently the arm may as safely be loaded and red one side up as another. The bolt is moved forward and locked and the arm fired in the usual way.

As the cartridges move forward in the receiver the right and left laterally curved guides w, below the receiving-chamber, crowd the cartridges to a central position over the carrier-guide, which facilitates the action of that device in seizing the cartridge and holding it against the under side of the projection h", or that portion of the receiver which is directly over the receiving-chamber.

In loading the arm by hand, and also while the cartridge is at rest in the receiving-chamber, the point of contact between the carrier and cartridge is on the' carrier at the forward end of theextension j" and on the cartridge midway between the head and ball, thus arranging the point of contact between these devices far enough forward of the pivot j so that introducing the cartridge into the receiving-chamber by a lateral movement, while using the arm as a single breech-loader, readily depresses the carrier to make room between it and the cover ofA the receiving-chamber for the cartridge.

By this arrangement and operation of the several devices the under side of the top of the receiver becomes the bed upon which the head and ball of the cartridge rest, and which guides the cartridge to the chamber of the barrel, while it is held against the said bed by the forward end of the extension j.

As the bolt is pushed forward to lock it the point of the sear g catches upon the full-cock notch h and holds the arm at full-cock. The connection r is locked into the trigger at its lower end, as seen at t", Fig. 3, so that on pulling the trigger, in iii-ing, the connection is carried upward, compressing the spring s' and raising the sear from the full-cock notch when the hammer'is moved forward by the mainspring to tire the arm. When the point 1" is in the center notch, as shown in Fig. 5, no cartridges will be released from the magazine, and the arm may be used as a single breechloader. rlhe connection is turned upon its aXis by means of the extension r', and when the point r is in one of the side notches, r', one of the projections 3 on the arms is brought directly under the head of one of the cartridges that are held by the shoulder u, so that, when the connection israis'ed by the tri gger in the process of firing, one of the projections s', by its upward movement, raises a cartridge-head from the shoulder u, when the spring of the magazine immediately carries that cartridge forward till it is stopped by the lower part of the receiver and held from moving forward till the bolt is drawn back by the curved guides w, the bolt,and the carrierguide. When the bolt is withdrawn the cartridge moves forward into the receiving-chamber, being guided, carried, and securely held by the carrier-guide, as before stated.

When the point r is in the central notch the curved portion of the connection r projects a little into each of the magazine-tubes, being located between them; but when this point is moved into the right notch the curved portion s of the connection swings entirely into the left tube, opening a free passage through the right tube and bringing one of the projections s'" directly under the head of the iirst cartridge in that tube. pointerll is moved into the left notch the curve s" is moved into the right tube and the projection 8" is brought under the head of the tirst cartridge in the left tube. In this way the device r serves as a connection between the trigger and sear, as a cut-off for reserving the magazine, and also as a means of feeding cartridges from either of the magazine-tubes.

The spring u serves to force the cartridgehead down before the shoulder u and keep it there till it is raised by the projection s. While charging the right tube the curved por- When the- IOO IIO

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tion of the connection has to be moved into the left tube, and while charging the left tube it has to be moved into the right one, so as to oifer no obstruction to that process. rllhe connection has bearings at each end, in the `receiver above and in the trigger-guard below.

While the cartridge is being guided upward by the carrier-guide the two laterallycurved guides or surfaces w bring the cartridge to a central position before the chainber and under the projection h, where it is held until the bolt moves it forward.

The hammer is caused to rebound by means similar to that shown in my patent before mentioned. The mainspring` rests at its rear end against the front surface of the washer e and at its front end against the rear surface of the washer e', and when the hammer is in its rebounded position, as shown in FigsV 1 and 3, the rear surface of washer c rests against the end ofthe sleeve e and the tubular extension ofthe head c, and the forward surface ofthe washer c rests against the shoulder 0 within the bolt and the shoulder d" on the hammerrod. When the hammer moves forward from the full-cock position it does not stop at the position shown in Fig. 3, but its momentum carries it by, and with it the washer e, depressing the rear end of the niainspring until the head c'comes in contact with the rear end of the bolt, and thrusting the point d' out of the bolt to iire the charge. When the force of the hammer has been expended the mainsprin g ca-rries it back till the washer e again rests against the sleeve, in which position the point of the scar falls into the notch g".

By the use of the projections z' and fi' on the sear and the notches i and i in the rim h", I avoid many` of the accidents to which arms of this description are liable.

When the hammer moves forward in the act of tiring, the projection fi passes through the notch i!" and the projection t" passes into it; but the rebound of the hammer throws the sear back just far enough, so that the rim IL will rotate between these two projections while unlocking the bolt. rIhis movement brings the projections opposite the notch i". In pushin the holt forward the point g stops in the full-cock notch and arrests the forward movement of the scar and hammer. rEhe notch i" passes over the projection then, when the bolt'is rotated for the purpose of locking it, the notch i" is again brought in line with the projections. If the hammer fails to rebound, lea-ving the point d projecting dangerously from the bolt, the projection i remains in the notch and the bolt cannot be rotated to unlock it, and thus warning is given of the condition of the lock. 1f the sear fails to catch the full-cock notch, it passes forward into the safety-notch g, in which position the bolt will not rotate, which gives notice of the liability to that accident. The remedy in both cases is to bring the hammer u to full-cock by drawing back the head c".

In caseit becomes necessary to carry the arm loaded the bolt maybe locked so as to prevent it from rotating by letting the hammer down from the full-cock notch to the safetynotch g, in which position the projection 'i' is in the notch 17". l

The forward ends of the magazine-tubes are provided with anges, as shown at p, Fig. 8, which are screwedto the rear end of the receiver, while the projecting ends p may, for greater security, be soldered into the rear end of the receiver. As the arm has, to a very large degree, to depend upon the strength of the magazine-tubes for the support of the buttstock, the strength of the tubes should be reenforced by placing ribs between them on each side, in the same manner that ribs are employed between the barrels of shot guns. These ribs should be soldered into the receiver with the tubes.

To support the butt-stock and fasten it to the arm, I close the rear end of the magazinetubes by a plug, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To these plugs 1 fasten the butt-plate m and the washer yn bymeans of screws. The screw nJ passes through the butt-plate, and is screwed into the plug in the end of the right magazine-tube. rllhe screw n, passes through the washer a', and is screwed into the plug in the end of the left magazine-tube, the washerbeing carefully bedded in the rear end of the butt` stock.

The employment of the screw u, in the connection in which it is shown, is set forth in my patent before mentioned, and the employment of the screw n and washer n'is a modification of the invention shown in the patent of G. M. Spencer, January 17, 1865.

For further security I employ boltn", which passes through the butt-plate and through the butt-stock, and is screwed into the rear end of the receiver, as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 represents a modification of the invention shown in connection with the left tube, with the addition of a plug, o, which projects from the butt-plate into the rear end of the magazine-tube, while the round nut o is screwed down upon the outside of the same tube against the end of the butt-stock. The round nut being carefully bedded, the necessary support is furnished both to the butt-stock and butt-plate.

All these devices for supporting the breech of the arm tend to force the butt-stock forward against properly-coustructed shoulders on the receiver.

By the employment of the shallow spiral grooves b" in the inner surface ofthe receiver, I have the very best method of freeing the bolt from fouling by rust or sand, as any obstruction would be displaced by either the reciprocal or rotary movement.

Having described my invention, what 1 desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. In a magazine fire-arm provided with a IOO IIO

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magazine of two tubes arranged side by side in the butt-stock, the combination, with a receiver having 'the top or projection h, and

v with the carrierguide j, of the right and left if", and a scar, g, pivote-d to the head of said bolt, and provided with the projections 1', and i', in combination with the rebounding devices consisting of the washers aand e', the mainspring, and the several shoulders within the bolt, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specied.

3. In atire-arm, a bolt provided with notches i and and a sear pivoted to the hammerhead, and having upon it projections z' and i', in combination with a safety-notch, g, arranged as shown in relation thereto, whereby the bolt is prevented from being locked or unlocked while the point of the sear is in the said notch, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a magazine firearm provided with a magazine composed of two tubes arranged side by side in the bu tt-stock, the combination, with the trigger and sear, of the connection r, ar-

ranged to pass between the two tubes, and provided with the curved portion s", whereby the force of the trigger is communicated to the sear without obstructing the passage of cartridges through the tubes, substantially as specified.

5. In a magazine lire-arm, the carrier-guide j, provided with a pivot,j, springj, and eX- tension j", in combination with projection or coverh of the receiving-chamber, the parts being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as set forth, whereby the cartridges are grasped and securely held while in the receiving-chamber.

6. In al magazine-arm provided with a magazine composed of two tubes arranged side by side in the butt-stock, the combination of the connection 1', constructed substantially as shown, with the trigger t, notches r", shoulder u, and with the se'ar g, whereby the functions of feeding the cartridges from both tubes of the magazine and of tiring the arm are performed by the action of the trigger, substantially as shown and described.

WM. H. ELLIOT.

Witnesses I). LEWIS, GEO. D. RICHARDSON. 

